Lost in space : the criminalization, globalization, and urban ecology of homelessness / Randall Amster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amster, Randall.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homelessness.

Homelessness--Arizona--Tempe.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

Public spaces.

Homeless persons.

Crime and globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Amster explores the historical and contemporary implications of homelessness both as a social and spatial problem, drawing upon academic disciplines and policy concerns ranging from urban geography to legal advocacy. Homeless people often find themselves on the front lines of a struggle to preserve places that are theoretically open to everyone regardless of status. Urban spaces in particular manifest a complex and dynamic ecology comprised of people, culture, architecture, technology, and the natural environment, often expressed through concrete processes such as gentrification, redevelopment

Contents:

Facing the "homeless problem" : subsistence, survival, and skid row

Urban ecology and public space : Disney, development, and dystopia

Patterns of exclusion : the perversity of homeless criminalization

Mapping the territory : meanings, methodologies, means and ends

Case in point : a brief history of the Tempe sidewalk ordinance

The ecology of resistance : human rights struggles and the contested realms of public space

Cities of the future : localizing the global, globalizing the local.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-263) and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-555-X

OCLC:

774494047